Poole, Dorset. At 6.45 on the even- ing of the 6th of December, 1959, the police at Poole told the honorary secretary that the motor boat Sand- banks Queen was overdue from a fishing trip in the harbour with nine or ten people on board. The owner had sent another motor boat to look for the Sandbanks Queen, and at seven o'clock the life-boat Thomas Kirk Wright was launched to assist in the search. There was a rough sea, a strong south-easterly wind was blowing, and it was low water.

The life-boat found the motor boat off Brownsea Island. She had a flat battery and the crew could not start her engine. The life-boat's motor mechanic lent them a battery, the engine was started, and the Sandbanks Queen made for Sandbanks. The life- boat then returned to her station, arriving at eight o'clock. Rewards to the crew, £7 10s. ; rewards to the helpers on shore, £1 16s..